The effects of cranial X radiation on retention of maze learning in rats.
- 1 October 1956
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Psychological Association (APA) in Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology
- Vol. 49 (5) , 525-528
- https://doi.org/10.1037/h0042714
Abstract
After learning a 14-unit T-maze, rats were irradiated with 2500 r. to the head. Retention tests showed inferiority of the radiated rats on early retention tests, but by 25 days post-radiation the radiated rats were superior to the controls. It is suggested that motivational factors, rather than direct influences of the radiation, are responsible for these results.Keywords
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